What follows? The defeated candidates for county offices and their friends memorialized Congress. alleging that they were lawabiding citizens of Washington County. Texas. that they are now refugees from their homes in consequence of political persecutions. that they have in vain appealed for protection of their lives and property and for security of their families to the local and State authorities of said county and State. and that they have now no other recourse than an appeal to Congress. In reference to what is said about an appeal to the county and State authorities for protection. my colleague has so fully answered that point that I do not deem it necessary to repeat the argument. but the fact was that these complainants were the informers and witnesses who brought the parties that they accused to trial. and the persons accused. after a trial before a Republican judge and after a most vigorous prosecution. were acquitted. So that fully answers this statement of the memorialists.
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